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5:45 PM ET, December 5, 2016

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Elana Schor / Politico:
Democrats to give Trump Cabinet picks the Garland treatment  —  Senate Democrats are preparing to put Donald Trump's Cabinet picks through a grinding confirmation process, weighing delay tactics that could eat up weeks of the Senate calendar and hamper his first 100 days in office.
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Darren Samuelsohn / Politico:
GOP wagers Americans don't care about Trump's conflicts  —  Republicans see the same ethically challenged complications lurking in Donald Trump's business portfolio that Democrats are squawking about.  They just think Americans don't care about these entanglements anymore.
Juan Williams / The Hill:   McConnell won big by blocking Obama
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Tegna / WCNC-TV:
Cooper extends lead over McCrory in recount … DURHAM, N.C. - Democratic challenger Roy Cooper's lead over incumbent Governor Pat McCrory has grown, according to partial recount results released by the Durham County Board of Elections.  —  After recounting 52,833 ballots …
Amber Phillips / Washington Post:
North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory (R) concedes closely contested governor's race
Discussion: The Root
Kevin Robillard / Politico:   McCrory concedes in North Carolina
Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Why Pat McCrory Lost and What It Means in Trump's America
David Wright / CNN:
Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner plan move to DC  — Kushner is expected to play a significant role in the new Trump administration, while Ivanka Trump may take a lead role in managing her father's sprawling business interests  —  (CNN)Ivanka Trump and her husband, Jared Kushner …
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Timothy Cama / The Hill:
Al Gore has ‘extremely interesting’ meeting with Trump  —  Climate change activist and former vice president Al Gore  —  had what he described as a “very productive” meeting with President-elect Donald Trump  —  Monday.  —  Aides for Trump's transition team said earlier Monday …
Discussion: ABC News
Tal Kopan / CNN:
Donald Trump meets with Al Gore on climate change  — Republicans are critical of the scientific consensus that human activities are exacerbating global climate change  —  Washington (CNN)President-elect Donald Trump met on Monday with Al Gore — one of the most vocal advocates of fighting climate change.
Andrew Kaczynski / CNN:
Incoming national security adviser's son, who peddles conspiracies, has a government transition email  —  (CNN)The son of incoming national security adviser Michael Flynn, who Sunday night peddled a false conspiracy theory about a DC pizzeria, has an official government transition email address.
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Nolan D. McCaskill / Politico:
Stelter says Trump is a ‘conspiracy theorist’  —  America is swearing in a conspiracy theorist as president next month, according to Brian Stelter.  —  “Yeah, President-elect Trump is many things,” the CNN media reporter and “Reliable Sources” host said in a segment Monday.  “To his voters, he's a beloved figure.
Discussion: Political Wire and The Guardian
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Michael Flynn's tweet wasn't actually about #PizzaGate, but his son is now defending the baseless conspiracy theory
Eric Lipton / New York Times:
Man Motivated by ‘Pizzagate’ Conspiracy Theory Arrested in Washington Gunfire
Nathan McDermott / CNN:
Trump adviser on Taiwan call: 'If China doesn't like it, screw ‘em’  —  President-elect Trump slams China on Twitter_00013714.jpg  —  (CNN)Stephen Moore, an economic adviser to Donald Trump, defended the President-elect's recent call with the president of Taiwan, saying in a local radio interview that he didn't care if it upset China.
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Walter Russell Mead / The American Interest:   What the Taiwan Call Means
Evan McMullin / New York Times:
Trump's Threat to the Constitution  —  WASHINGTON — On July 7, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, Donald J. Trump, met privately with House Republicans near the Capitol.  I was present as chief policy director of the House Republican Conference.
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Charles M. Blow / New York Times:
Trump's Agents of Idiocracy
Discussion: Raw Story
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
In an anti-recount filing, Trump's lawyers say the election was ‘not tainted by fraud or mistake’  —  Three leading Republicans were asked over the weekend whether or not they agreed with Donald Trump's tweeted assertion that millions of voters had cast illegal ballots (part of Trump's effort to rebut his popular vote loss).
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Joy-Ann Reid / The Daily Beast:   The Best Way to Stop Trump Is at the Local Level
Detroit Free Press:
Judge orders immediate start of Michigan recount  —  UPDATE: Clerks scrambling to start Michigan recount by noon Monday  —  A federal judge early Monday morning ordered a recount of Michigan's presidential ballots to begin at noon on Monday, and for the state to “assemble necessary staff …
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Associated Press:
The Latest: Stein Explains Recount Push Outside Trump Tower
Discussion: Politico
Theo Keith / FOX6Now.com:
Presidential recount: Counting complete in 6 counties; results have barely changed
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Gabriel Debenedetti / Politico:
Rogue electors brief Clinton camp on anti-Trump plan  —  Advocates of the long-shot bid to turn the Electoral College against Donald Trump have been in contact with close allies of Hillary Clinton, according to multiple sources familiar with the discussions, but the Clinton camp …
Scott Wong / The Hill:
GOP leader declines to back Trump tariff plan  —  House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) on Monday declined to support President-elect Donald Trump  —  's proposed 35 percent tariff on companies that leave the U.S., warning it could spark a trade war.
Discussion: RedState
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Rachael Bade / Politico:
Top House Republican won't back Trump's tariff proposal
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Business Wire:
Energy Transfer Partners and Sunoco Logistics Partners Respond to the Statement from the Department of the Army  —  DALLAS & NEWTOWN SQUARE, Pa.—(BUSINESS WIRE)—Energy Transfer Partners, L.P. (NYSE: ETP) and Sunoco Logistics Partners L.P. (NYSE: SXL) announced that the Administration's statement today …
Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:
Trump selling ‘official’ presidential hat for $40  —  's campaign is now selling an “official” presidential hat for $40 on the president-elect's website.  —  The hat comes in color options including white and red and says “USA” in large letters on the front.
Discussion: alan.com
 
 
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Erik Voeten / Washington Post:
That viral graph about millennials' declining support for democracy? It's very misleading.
Discussion: Real Clear Politics
Megan Brilley / fox4kc.com:
Woman with incurable disease faces backlash from Social Security after Royals fans raise money to get her to a game
Discussion: Raw Story
Kelsey Snell / Washington Post:
Republicans look to make it easier to install Mattis as defense secretary
Discussion: Morning Consult
Lawrence Hurley / Reuters:
U.S. court puts Obamacare case on hold until Trump takes office
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Jeffrey Rosen / New York Times:
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